Management Six Sigma

Virginia Garner

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Address: **** ** *** ***

City: Walnut Cove

State: NC

Zip: 27052

Country: USA

Phone: 336-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $45,000

Willing to Relocate

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VIRGINIA GARNER

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SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

* Information Technology professional with over ten years` experience in database development, software engineering, and system administration primarily in a Unix/Linux environment.

* Career experience in every aspect of the SDLC, developing applications that require OOAD, OODBMS, ORDBMS, RDBMS methodologies.

* Educated not only in the technological aspects of critical business

systems, but also business management, financial management, and economics.

* Flexible, with ability to adapt to different business processes, sales and distribution channels.

* A former small business owner, comfortable working with a wide array of business sectors and clients.

* Aware of the importance of proper and professional communication, havingworked with all levels of management, team members, users, and clients.

* Business Analysis: recent positions included, but not limited to, SCM/ERP (using Six Sigma), with strong emphasis in Statistical Planning and Forecasting for Purchasing and Inventory Optimization.

* Majority of career spent in Informix shops; expert command of Informix Tools (including 4GL, SQL, etc). Recent studies in Oracle.

* Past projects ranged from developing VLDB systems and maintaining existing systems using Informix database and programming tools (Unix/Linux platforms), to design and development of smaller (non-profit sector) projects (Windows/Novell).

* Expert command of RDMBS tools: 4GL-PL/TL/SQL in larger systems, but also a variety of tools used by smaller businesses: Visual Studio, Visual Basic, VBA, FoxPro and Visual dBase.

* Solid Expertise in use of SQL including, but not limited to

troubleshooting, data preparation, database administration (schemas): SQL Informix, SQL*Plus, MySQL.

* SQL proficiency in developing analysis of probabilities of future events. These allow critical operating applications to include variables providing the flexibility to adapt to sudden, unforeseen, and adverse conditions or events.

* Course work Internet Programming and scripting (not limited to): HTML, PHP/MySQL, ASP.NET, C#, Java, PERL.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2/08 to 7/12: -- Owner, A Logical Solution:

Small business offering services to other small business owners, consultants, and academia. (Provided an economic alternative to the costs and risks associated with direct hiring of personnel.)

* Administrative, clerical, and technical support; web development; desktop publishing, and custom programming solutions.

* Software projects included designing, developing, implementing and supporting a multi-user application across a Novell LAN network. Database was Object-Relational, with front-end application utilizing OOAD techniques upgrading from dBASE to VB/VBA. Project received an upgrade in fall 2001. This system was used by the High Point Market Authority (High Point Chamber of Commerce).

* Other services offered: Resume/CV/Cover Letter preparation, with

counseling and follow-up as needed for individuals.

9/03 to 9/07: Shamrock Corporation

Software Engineering/Business Analyst (Informix) for multi-division corporation

* Primary Responsibility: Charged with statistical forecasting systems that directed processes and product handling for a wide array of products, sales, and distribution channels across diverse business divisions. Focus was on inventory planning and optimization (WMS/IMS and development of new Early Warning System which implemented principals of Six Sigma (SCM/ERP).

* Developed a strong understanding of company`s multi-division business processes, and gained working knowledge of not only each division`s processes, but most importantly those critical processes and systems that interfaced with all divisions.

* Annually assigned to multiple project teams. Initial stages for new

projects: profiling source systems and data to develop strong understanding of new criteria for data relationships, cardinality and quality of the data given the demands of high level project goals for information and reporting needs.

* Feasibility testing and risk analysis : Analyze Information and reporting business requirements, explore and evaluate various options, develop prototype using reporting and dashboard tools upfront in the project life cycle thereby validating the requirements, eliminating ambiguity and providing early visibility for top management on the final solution.

* Worked closely with management and end users during requirements phase of the SDLC and in areas of existing system changes where users were impacted. This collaboration developed use cases for functional and user acceptance testing and training.

8/01 to 9/03: Mobile Veterinary Services (Walnut Cove, NC)

* Office/practice management for large animal mobile veterinary practice. Included not only day to day operations of this type business, but also provided technical, hardware support and user training.

* On a volunteer basis, developed system customized for a mobile veterinary practice (VBA and Access).

* Conducted research necessary to launch a veterinary advice forum and e-commerce site.

1/99 to 12/99: Hafele America: Programmer/Analyst: (Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) with Web Datablade (Beta test and evaluate for version 11.x web application tools)

* Part of a team to facilitate the migration of legacy applications

(Informix 7.x/9.x).

* Involved in the planning and development of a data warehouse.

* Involved with the evolution of company's Internet, Extranet and Intranet presence.

* Projects included e-commerce as well as development/procurement of web-based tools to enable customers and company personnel to perform both transactional and analytical processing.

1/96 to 1/99: Owner, A Logical Solution (see previous description)

8/93 to 12/95: Corporate Headquarters - Sealy Furniture of Maryland, LLP

Performed a wide variety of evaluation, programming, and service activities to support the manufacturing and financial operations of the company. Also responsible for hiring DP support personnel. Reported to the Vice President of Operations/MIS. Responsibilities included, but not limited to System Administrator for Unix-based mainframes in charge of LAN and WAN, and programmer analyst. Development tools: Informix version 4.x.

EDUCATION:

B.S., Major: Information Systems, Summa cum Laude (High Point University): 1993

* Minor: Business Management / Economics

* 18 hours IMBA graduate course work (1996)

Affiliations/Awards:

* Member, Alpha Chi National Honor Society (North Carolina NU Chapter).

* Consistently appointed to Dean's List for every semester.

* Member NC IIUG

CONTINUING EDUCATION

* 2006 to 2007 6 Sigma (Concentrating in SCM/ERP for WMS, IMS and Distribution Logistics), Oracle (10g)2006, 2010: VB.Net

* 2006, 2010: Web site foundations: HTML, XML, Java, JavaScript

* 1/2010 to 8/2010: Internet Programming courses, PHP/MySQL, ASP.NET, C#

* 2011: Healthcare Information Technology Program

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